Shirt-sleeve.



' A. PARADIS.

SHIRT SLEEVE. APPLIOA'I'ION FILED we. 3, 1912.

- PatentedJuly l, 1913.

WITNESSES I 55 either to receive the. stud "Athenian: w ists, -01? rninanni'rni rswanmmeaa ieolvir'an,

*sHmrssLnEvEi Specification of'Letters Patent.-

f o ii eeha i the wearer," said raps with which -the separate-members are attachableand Iwliich,

are oo'niieeted with' t-he shoulder portions :of

the slii'rt'and depend. therefrom; disconnected from the statiionary members "and are torn c'ealedg-i latter. v

Fhe ii nt 'satistactorily' illustrated 1n the a partying drawingbut the ii'n- I portantailstr rated; and so it. :is to be. understood that the invent'on isf 'not limited tojthe -specifio ,ar-

rangementgand organization-shown and described;

Figure 1. represent-s embodying m yint entiontap attaching 'devi'ce aboi represents a plan view sald deylce. 4

Sim lar. 1'1 u1nerals' correspond ng -parts1 n the-figures.

Referring 'to-the fdrawings 1 designates a' shirt liaifi "g sleeveswhich are divided tormlng SQC't-IOIISZ which are shoulder portions of the being noticed that the stationary;sections y v desired, or the detachable sections-may be long sleeves are desired.

- In order to connect-the sections 3 with the sections 2,. I- employare formed with alined buttonholes 5 and connected at their upper ends with the shoulder portions of the shirt and enter said sections 2. 'llie upper ends of the sections 3 are formed with upwardly extending tabs or "tongues 6 in which are buttonholos T i 8 which may be ""to i shirts" "having-- uinentalitiesthereof 'ni'a'y. be'vaa 'front elevation" r partly-sectional of a} shirt, ha ving :slee'ves plied .jtlie-retq'; Fig; 2 represents ,a perspeotive t iew "of the referred to, Fig.3

of another form of.

stationary on thesh rt. and sections 3 which, are 'detachabletroln. said sections, t,

.be 'worn; .aloner when short sleeves are worn with said stationary' sections when 't-he'straps 4- which may be worn. with short sleeves, due to "the sections '2; for said sect-ions 3 when worn I Patented July 1, 1991-3 ,.-ni iicatienlatqiiaa usta;1912, "stamina-visage a Y ,inay be adjusted to fit the] wearer. As the fitted i ione oftheibuttonholes ofthev'strap, 4,-.;thu s retaining thesections 3 in position i. on the sections2, it being evident thatth'e. 'shot ion's' 3may headjusted down 'or"11p}.on

itnfer;Qrjashas-been said beforey'thef sections 3 naybe; entirely removed so that the straps 4 occupy the stationary sections they are'jconcealed therein whether said separate sections are in position on the stationary sect-io'ns or have been detached therefrom. The tabs 01' tongues-6 are faced with pieces 9 of n aterialfwhich are stitche d to the tabs, and h'ave th e buttonholes 7 therein thus strengthening the tabs as also the buttonholes ,therein.1

rioas iii-Fig. 3, but inorder to strengthen the sa1ne,"I form it ofa piece of fabric doubled or folded on itself as'at- 10, and spread the free ends 11 of the doubled piece forming the bifurcations 12 which are stitched to the shoulder portions of the shirt and so distribute the downward strain .or draft on said portions, as will be appan .ent in Fig. 1. r The buttonholes 5 are formed in the doubled lengths of the fabricof the strap and the fabric itself around the latter. The

"tabs 6 strengthen the upper ends of the long of, -1eference indicate sleeve sections and provide means for causing- .the" latter 'to enter to a greater extent 'tlie'short sleeve sections WitllOtlt- PUCkGllllg 'o'rbuckling while also placing the stud 8 ithin the short. sections and concealing the same; i v It isfevidentthat the invention is applirable to-the sleeves of ladies dresses. shirt waists, and othergarment-s, without departing from the nature thereof.

Having thus described my invention what ters Patent. is: v

-1. A shirt having a sleeve formedof '(t' tions respectively fixed and separate, the separate section being adapted to slide adjust-ingly in the fixed section, a series (it alined buttonholes insai'd separate startim'n a strap in said fixed section. a runnertion for the top of said strap with the adjacent shoulder-portion ol' the shirt Each strap t may be a single piece of fabthus strengthening said buttonholes I claim as new and desire to secure by Letfrom iivhich it depends freely fixed section, and a series of alined but-tonholes in said strap, t-he buttonholes of said stra and separate section being registerable for the reception of a connecting device'for said section and strap said strap being disconnected from the fixed section and concealed therein.

2. shirthaving a sleeve formed of sections respectively fixed and separate, the

I separate section being adapted to slide adjustingly' in the fixed section, a series of alined buttonholes in said separate section, a strap in said fixed section, a connection for the. top .of said strap with the adjacent shoulder portion ofthe shirt-from which it the buttonholes of said strapand separate section being registerable for the reception of aconnecting device for said section and strap, said strap having its upper end provided with a bifurcation by which it is connected with 'said 'shoul der portioi of the shirt at diiierent places thereof.

ALBERT PARADIS. Vitnesses Join A. \VIEDERSI-IEIM,

N. BUSSINGER. 

